Daily Republican., 1887-08-27
SATURDAY, AUGUST 81. ls7s.
Maryland and Cieveiap d /.

maryiAnd ana Cievetand.
It WAS generally supposed up 10 the
time OF ths meeting Of the Republican
State Con vention OF Maryland on We'd
nesdsy las, that the Democrats vonld
have o praeacAl wAlk.over In the
State. rne sickss nominated BY thsm
vas COTS dsred In the main . good one,
and as general thing Democrats pro-
fesse ! themselves satisfied with L. Bu.
the renArkAole scene that tooA plAoe In
the Republican STATE Convention on
Wedneniay shows that there IVES .
slum neriDg volcano In the very midst
Of toe DsmociAtic party thA. vas des.
tined to break out In . fri ishtfnl rup-
ture ~ the right time. Tno volcano
has burssei and has spread oonsternA-
tion ard fright on every hand. There
is nov no certainty OF the election Of
the Democratic State ticket The gen.
tlemen upon the ticket are a. unobjsc.
tionable rs they were before, bat their
nomination were obtained BY such out
rAgeoas frauds thss honest men who be-
lieve IN fair dealing stand aghsst, and
revoi. sgainsi endorsing . gigantic
fraud By voting for men who in their
ives ana charac.srs,h have been unobjs,-
tlonlble. The honest reform Demo.
crAts Of Maryland will not longer en-
dsrse !shud becAuse the men who are
willing to Accep. OH % through fraud In
. general sense have been sbove re-.
proAcn. They fad thst the dsy has
come when - Mr.. John K. CowAn puts
It, no rose water policy will answer,
aud tia, they must part from even
cherished friends to administer . re.
buke 10 dishonest election methods.
Look =: |; as they will these rsfor %
Dsuo,,A;s.sso no reform ligh. ahead oil
them N :bsir own party. They look
towards Washington and they see .
President masking the loudss. preten.
sions o. honesty and reform, keeping
Baltimore thugs, ballot. box suffers aud
dive keepers in the choice Off ,ss O! the
nation. They have made appeal after
appeal 70 the Presiden. for the removal
OF these men from the offi ces their very
presen ce dissri res, and the President is
deaf so3 Gallons to all their appeals. Iu-
stead OF dismisslny these men from the
ofices they hold be permitted them to
boldly lesvs their Offices and 70 to Bal.
timore and manipulate tie primary
election and sen. thieves, repeAters and
ballot box emsshers and suffers to the
Democratic State Convention where
they went through the miserable fares
OF voting fer election re!arn resolu.
tions.
Even the respectable Democrats o,
Maryland, who still adhere 10 machine
moth DDS, seem to have made . oom
promise with fraud. II the dlshones.
element will submit TO the nomination
OF respectable and reputable honest
mea to h!l the principal SAFE offi ,es,
they s'e permitted to control aud farm
out the subordinate Off cers. Toe reou.
table elements OF ths Democracy OF
Maryland, outside Of tns reform Demo
crate, are willing thu. II sgins, Thomas
aud R,tsln shall be secure In their
Federal positions II they psrui. fair
nen'na:lons for the Maryland State
ticket. This su!t, these public vultures
exactly. They do not want to be gov.
ernor, controller nor treasurer 80 long
As they are le's TO rayel amidst the
spo!ls Of the sab ordinate eff ,es o, the
State snd the FEDERAL government
This Is all they want. Bat this is no.
all the reform Democrats OF Maryland
want. They demand men to vote for
who are no: nominated by the
primary election manipulasors and
osilot.eox suffers that President
Clevelsnd is keeping In office a. Wash.
fngton. Their demands have been liz.
nore3. Tee President has need OF these
men. he oanno. sffori to let Mary.
land bolt over 10 the Rapub.lcsns
which she would DO sure to do we're II
not for II ggins and hiJ crowd OF re.
peaters and ballo. box suffers. Ha
wants to be reelected Pres!den., and
he canro: wI:hou: Maryland. L)3kios
oack ever h., shattered parry he sse
thas Indiana has cat icoss from her
mooriogs, and Virginia ia fo!low!rs
her in'o the Republican party, Should
all the States vote rs they voted in 1884
except these two Cleveland would Of
defeated. He sees this and he holds or
TO Maryland with death grip. He
eanno: get Maryland ant by the aid oil
Higgins and bis Gro ~d, who will whooI
ups fraudulent msj jori;y OF thousands
In Baltimore city aud the counties con-
dgueus TO Ii. Even tho vote OF Mary
land cannot elect Cleveland with the
Loss OF Indiana and Virginia, ba. b.
viii be further from an election Il
Maryland should be lost, and henc,
maryland must De held a. all hazards
and those hszsrds are the means EN-
ployed BY German, Higgins, Thoma
and kaistn TO carry elections. We ar
not Surprised that there Is q general re
volt OF homes. Democrats hon sue
election methods.